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Show THREE DISSENT. 31icurllr Opinitia or ctilcf Jul!ce I'uIItr and Jutlc 1'ielil and Lamar INTHC CHURCH CASE YESTCn-DAY. YESTCn-DAY. Oii'Jilion to CuIUm'a Hill lo AiiKcd Die Edmnudi- TucVer Act. ANOTHER DOMESTIC TRAGEDY IN SAN FRANCISCO. One 'Womiu LaIis AuutUer AI- ni')l to Death itilh a nakc Whip. br Td?r2PB to ta N'Lwa: Til IT aoTAKLC I)lllMl. Tile Jlrmbrrs r tlar 1'oiirt Approxr Knbblilf a lllllrrtl. Wasiiucoton, Jlay 19. Following Follow-ing U a cuutiuualiou of Hie U!o raiihic yyiHitti df tliu dn.'1-tuu of tlio r3Uircmu Court of tlio United Stated la tlio Church caM.-: In itsoiiluioii tho court tavs the lutiuguirhliigfuiturKs of Mormon-inn Mormon-inn arc well known to lv wlyiram ami nloIiito . c! tbv-llatl cuiitrol over its Church mtmUr-. 2Cot-mlhbtamliugall 2Cot-mlhbtamliugall I'fl'ortf to Mir8 tlio latUirouii jTaiticj' of iI gam . tliu mm! ivrrvnii lu Jefidiice of law in jruigaling nml :o-niotiui: :o-niotiui: this nefarious doctrine. Tiio lurstion, thtrifore Is whether tiie I ruinotiuii of !-uc!i utilnwful tjtlcni, rvi-uguaut to our law, is to" be 1-loucU 1-loucU to continue, and whether the uuormous fundi, ulilch h.ivo been accumulated be w lek!-l for tiio ;.rot-agailon ;.rot-agailon iA cu obnoxious Kailicr. and for the promutlon of an organ izetl rebellion again'-l the lns of the United i:Lsti. The hUtorj-of the go vi rnim-nt's dcalinKs with the Mormon Is one of ulieure on the fart of the American government and resi-t auee to law and jutlleas atrocities on the pait of 'he Morniou. The conteiitiou l!iat iwljamv la a mrt of the Slonnons' religious lielkf is J Kl4itiral I'leil. No iloubt the thugitof Iiima lrnagined their belief .11 av.inat!on waa religious bell be-ll f, tail that dul not nuke it m. society lias a pertoit right to lro-hibit lro-hibit otfenees niraiii'-t tniightemit mankind. After an elaborate libtorira! review re-view of the cumuion fctw , the court nays: ''Congrvui had back ofit a contumacious con-tumacious organization, ieklina; to lis resources inmieose jam cr in tlio Territory of Utah, aud emj.lo lug lliobe reaourcoi in cuntautly at-leiui(iug at-leiui(iug to oiijo-e, subvert ami til wart the legislation of Congress anil the will or the gorermnent ol the United Slates. I uder sueli cir-nini-4nee", neiiavunodoubtofthe right of CouKrera todoasitdiil. The tlrcree of tlieioTir point in ein-rlnued." ein-rlnued." Juttlee Uradley tlchrirul the fitiinon. Chief Jutticc Fuller aaitl that he and Ju-tices Field and 1a-rnar 1a-rnar were conatrained to Urweii:. Congris umjueslroiiably ha lower to Hiints o!ygainy and it is im material whither the cmue was committed in the name of religion, but Congrrt has not the ;wer to n-ize and canlW'ate the iirojrty f a ceiiornliuii btcaua- its meintcii may lnve be-n guilty of a cr mc. |